China vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- China
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
How they compare
China currently reports 6,494 kg/ha against 2,402 kg/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 4,092 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.7 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 24th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 23rd of 193 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,687 kg/ha | 1,115 kg/ha | 572.48 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 2,452 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,197 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 3,685 kg/ha | 1,463 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 4,627 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 3,027 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 5,136 kg/ha | 1,935 kg/ha | 3,201 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 5,939 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 3,740 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 6,386 kg/ha | 2,370 kg/ha | 4,015 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, China or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- China, at 6,494 kg/ha against 2,402 kg/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 4,092 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- China ranks 24th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 23rd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.